A safer aviation sector in Moldova

The negotiation between the European Commission and Moldova of a comprehensive CAAA resulted in recognition of the need to provide technical assistance to the Republic. Priority areas for such agreement were market opening, freedom of establishment, equal conditions of competition and common rules in aviation safety and environmental protection.

Successfully delivered by NTU, the EU-funded project “Technical assistance for the implementation of the legal and regulatory framework in the aviation sector”, with a budget of 1.469.362 EUR, had the objective of improving air transport safety and security by assisting Civil Aviation Authorities of the Republic of Moldova in the adoption and implementation of the legal and regulatory framework; in particular, to support the conformity of such framework to the EU aviation legislation, previously agreed in the EU – Moldova CAAA. 

Implementation

One of the services that NTU provided for this project was training and knowledge management in the domain of civil aviation to support the drafting and enforcement of a national legal and regulatory framework and procedures. NTU conducted a workshop on EU Airports & Aviation Competition regarding how the EU Regulation for the airports and aviation competition should be implemented in Moldova. This workshop aimed to present Moldavian authorities, especially the Civil Aviation Authority, the general overview of their respective roles and to introduce the Common Aviation Agreement regulatory framework on airports and aviation competition.

SDGs